I got into a discussion at work, and somehow I was talking about my coffee grinder and one of them said, "I've never seen you drink coffee here, I didn't know you liked coffee." I replied, "I like 'good' coffee, not that stuff you guys drink!" So they, of course, challenged me to make them some 'good' coffee. The equipment I have to work with is one of those hot water reservior Bunn coffee makers that placed get with a coffee service contract. My uncle has one and I remember him bragging about it brewing a whole pot in 3 minutes flat! Is it possible to get a decent pot of coffee out of it? Any suggestions? It's a 10 cup pot, so about 16 tasse... 117 grams of beans! Sheesh, I should have kept my mouth shut! David Jewett, Royal Oak MI Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device:http://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast">http://mobile.msn.comhomeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast |
Yes, you can make very good coffee with those. You need a pretty fine grind, and about 1 cup of ground coffee per pot. Is it a true "commercial" Bunn or one of the cheap plastic home units? Reason I ask is the commercial units brew at a solid 200 degrees (if they are set right) but the home units seem to brew at 180 or so. That's not hot enough. The commercial Bunns make a 64oz (half gallon) pot. The home units are 8 (48oz) or 10(50 oz for the new model)cups. You may have more problems due to the usually dirty pots and filter holders than anything else. I tried using our office machines to brew decent coffee, and the baskets and airpots are so contaminated with the cheap, under-roasted robusta laden cr*p they brew here that it would taint every batch I made. Yuck. Chris "David Jewett" wrote: <Snip> -- Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop!http://webmail.netscape.com/homeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast">http://shopnow.netscape.com/Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today athttp://webmail.netscape.com/homeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast |
--On Friday, January 04, 2002 1:28 PM +0000 David Jewett wrote: <Snip> Take in your Cona vacuum brewer! The ritual will intrigue them, and the taste will knock their socks off! 8-) (I've actually taken my Bodum to work and brewed coffee with the spirit lamp for some friends. They liked the coffe ok, but couldn't believe how long it took to brew. I've since bought the butane burner from Hario, but haven't repeated the experiment...) Fulton Martin __=o&o>__ roseview San Diego, CA N32 43.956, W117 05.874 homeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast |
David Jewett wrote: <Snip> Even if you do nothing at all special, and just use your home-roasted coffee instead of the usual crap they use in those things at offices, the results will likely blow them away. You can help things, though, by cleaning the machine and pot thoroughly before you brew. My experience has been that those machines get really gunked up. If you can pull off the screen/filter/sprayer where the heated water shoots out from the machine into the filter basket, clean it and inside above it as much as you can. Soak the plastic filter basket in some coffee cleaning solution or bleach - as long as possible, then rinse very thoroughly. Ideally, you shouldn't smell coffee on the plastic, but that's almost impossible to achieve after long use. But even if you do nothing special, your coffee still will be special. -- garyZ homeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast |
Urnex Cleancaf it first to clean it. This stuff works great. MM;-) Home Roasting in Vancouver, WA USA From: "Gary Zimmerman" <Snip> homeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast |
Oh Amen Gary!!! When I started my sentence as the IT for a National Bank I was delighted to find that they had a Bunn coffee maker in the break room just outside the computer room. Then I noticed the cruddy smell of burnt plastic and coffee. I asked the women (they are the clean freaks) how often they cleaned the pots. They had owned those pots for five years and they had NEVER cleaned the water system. I got some cleaner and poured it in - it came out BLACK!! It took three passes to get them each cleaned. The following Monday everyone wanted to know if we had changed coffee because it tasted so good. I never shared my coffee outside the computer room - see I was a coffee snob way back then! John - waiting on the big thaw - its only 62 degrees!! |
<Snip> they, <Snip> should <Snip> I've put together a series of tips on the Bunn drip brewer... it *is* a brewer that's capable of making some really good coffee -- you just need to know its quirks. The article I've published focuses on the 8-cup model, but it's easy enough to extrapolate for the 10-cupper. see:http://www.bloggle.com/coffee/articles/bunn-tips.shtmlI'd add, too, that virtually every commercial Bunn brewer has a temperature adjustment feature... make sure that it's brewing at optimal range. Best, -deCadmus Doug E Cadmus decadmus www.bloggle.com/coffee homeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast |
I pour boiling water into the tank to help keep the brew temp up. Is there any way to modify the temperature regulation device in a Bunn-ie make it hotter. Now prefer my SS Nicro vac pot to the bunn-clean up is fast also. |
<Snip> there <Snip> So far as I know, only Bunn's commercial units have temperature adjustment capabilities. Doug E Cadmus decadmus www.bloggle.com/coffee homeroast mailing listhttp://lists.sweetmarias.com/mailman/listinfo/homeroast |
It should work fine, though you will want to clean parts of it. use soap and water in the uh...(my mind left me here without the right word) cup that holds the filter. A damp towel should be able to clean off the area above that just fine. After that, it should come out pretty good. I use about 75 grams for the 12-cup pot. -- Cerberus AOD (erniescrewthatspam) ICQ #8878412, AIM SN CerberusAOD Duron800, 256MB RAM, MSI K7 Master, ELSA GLADIAC GTS 210/366 "As it is, thought divine A diamond seed in the heart of all minds All is Truth, Truth that shines Don't hesitate for the world it divides" -Tony Iommi & Ian Astbury, "Flame On" |
Take in your press pot and unscrew the showerhead from the Bunn. It'll come off easily with a finger twist. Run the hot water into the press pot and have another pot ready when the press pot is filled as high as you want, so you can catch the rest of the water that cycles out of the Bunn. Voila! If you use the Bunn, take a look at the underside where the showerhead is. Usually rancid and sometimes moldy coffee accumulates there on office machines (and some home machines). People just never think to clean that part of the machine. Then they wonder why their coffee has a 'twang' to it. Clean that and clean the coffeepot well. Don't make the first pot of coffee in the morning either. The reservoir holds enough for three pots of coffee (commercial unit), and that water has been pretty much cooked to death overnight. Run a few pots of water through the machine and let it heat back up. You'll hear the heating element as it heats and clicks off. Better yet, why not make your best stuff at home and bring it to work in a large, clean, pre-heated thermos? Regards, Ed Needham ed |